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Frank Hagan

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  1. For any Stevenson Project builders, I will be letting the byyb.org domain name expire on Dec. 18, 2024, and the website will go dark.

     

    There isn't much activity there any longer, and the organization itself is defunct. The photo albums were lost with a server crash several years ago. The website is basically two pages (a main page and the BYYB Constitution) and a link to the forums hosted at TapaTalk.

     

    If any of you builders want the site to keep it up, please let me know.

  2. 10 hours ago, Samantha Ritchie said:

    Thanks, Frank!  I don't know what I was doing wrong, but I could not get it to download properly.

     

    No problem! Thanks for the post. It's a fine looking CS17!

     

    The software used to try and post the contents of Word docs, but doesn't any more. Instead, the software put it as a downloadable file, but depending on people's browser and computer, it will either open in a Word window (if they have Word and have enabled opening the files) or save it to your downloads folder. But it doesn't prompt you to download it, so people miss that it DID download!

     

    You can also copy/paste from Word into the editor when posting, but the images sometimes have to be added manually.

  3. 4 hours ago, Oyster said:

    Say what? I am afraid that my puter will crash if I install the Y2K version.   I will try it on my bride's computer tomorrow. By the way moderator, I get this at the bottom of my post, which restrict me from posting this message.

     

    "The value entered includes a character that is not allowed such as an Emoji."

     

     

    Sorry about that. The database is having issues with some character sets and I'm working on resolving it.

  4. It's an annual thing. I send out an email with a link about a month before it's time to renew. You can see two dates in your profile, "Supporting member since" and "supporting member until". Yours doesn't come up for renewal until September.

     

    I do it that way because many people are very active while building their boat, but not so much after they finish, so they may only want to support and use the site for a year or two.

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  5. A fire in the data center is requiring our server to be moved. There may be some downtime over the next 24 hours while this is done, but the data center host assures me that we won't run into the problems we had last June.

     

    I apologize for the inconvenience!

  6. As you can see we lost a couple of messages here with the botched move to a new server. I apologize for that. The hosting company was not able to migrate the mailboxes on our customer's sites so I had to revert to the old server. Evidently "complete migration" doesn't include your email addresses or inboxes.

  7. Sometime in the next two weeks I'll be upgrading the server again. The forums will be down for 2 or 3 days.

     

    I'm adding faster NVMe SSD drives, more "reserved" resources (RAM, disk space) and moving to a new data center that is connected to the famed One Wilshire data center in Los Angeles. Most of you won't see a difference because of this, but it should provide faster response time for our members in Australia and New Zealand.

     

    We are also expecting the move to reduce the number of "momentary freezes" that have been happening on our older, less resource heavy server. No one has complained, but they drive me nuts.

     

    This move is only possible because of our Supporting Members and ad revenue that helps keep us up and running. Thanks to all of you!

  8. 4 hours ago, Andy B said:

    Has anyone looked into just marine liability insurance?  Looking at prices of the vast majority of home-built wooden boats, the replacement insurance is the least concern.  I need more liability insurance and towing/salvage coverage.  I've seen some marine liability agencies online but I'm wondering if anyone has used them.

     

    I had BoatUS insurance on my boat. You can get liability only, current value, and replacement value for the hull. I just had the liability only coverage and added on water boat towing since my local harbor was one of their service areas. They include salvage coverage and fines from spilled fuel (an unexpected cost if your boat sinks along with your outboard).

     

    I don't recall if it included coverage while I was towing my boat. I think I added that coverage through my auto insurance but I don't recall. I remember checking my homeowner's policy and it only covered boats from damage while stored on the property, not liability on the water.

     

    I never had the misfortune of having to make a claim, so I don't know how well they do.

  9. I apologize for the recent downtime. The forum software people pushed an update that failed, and it took several days to fix. They have re-issued the update so I was finally able to finish the task.

     

    They are pushing everyone to their "cloud solution" at a much higher cost, which I am resisting. I may have to change software, but I want to avoid that; it's a painful, time consuming process that takes days to migrate all the posts, images, etc.

     

    Anyway, we're back. I will wait at least a week before applying any non-emergency updates from now on.

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  10. On 2/28/2023 at 5:45 PM, Reacher said:

    I was gifted a Festool RO sander. I would not have bought such a premium product, having been satisfied with a Dewalt. But I believe the cost is justified, it is a great tool. It has a different hole pattern.  I use Granit paper for now.

     

    I am definitely going to try 3M Cubitron net disks. https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/dc/v101281248/?gf=true&price=list-low. I think 3M is the leader for good reason. This new product sounds great for exceptional cutting, long life, and dust extraction. 

     

    I'd be interested in any reports on this sandpaper.

     

     

    Cubitron discs are my new go to for sanding discs. They are much better than anything I have ever used before, and the dust extraction through the mesh is fantastic. I haven't used them on epoxy, though, just metal and wood.

  11. 3 hours ago, Chick Ludwig said:

    I needed some lead a few years ago. I was able to get some from a tire shop. They normally saved it to sell to a company that re-uses the lead. but they agreed to sell it to me for the same price they got from that company.

     

    I live in CA and there's a lot we can't buy any more. I see that Amazon still sells lead sheet to us, so it must not be on the naughty list. Not that I am building anything that needs it right now. Now that I'm retired I might take on another building project.

     

    Wommasehn - do you have a picture of the boat this centerboard is from? My Google search for a "Mucklas Centerboard" boat was unsuccessful.

     

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